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Honestly people get up in arms about style, subjectivity, flair, and (I will say it) a pissing contest in the community portal but than flash editorialize stuff all over the manual essential telling people exactly how to play the game instead of just reporting the facts. Realms, even the smallest and most strategically vulenerable do not *need* allies to do well and thrive. That has been shown time and again. Fontan had one ally when they thrived. Coimbra. Coimbra had 2 allies when they thrived. Fontan and Itorunt. It wasn't until each allied half the damn world that they started getting their asses kicked. And that is fact. 4 years of it. | Honestly people get up in arms about style, subjectivity, flair, and (I will say it) a pissing contest in the community portal but than flash editorialize stuff all over the manual essential telling people exactly how to play the game instead of just reporting the facts. Realms, even the smallest and most strategically vulenerable do not *need* allies to do well and thrive. That has been shown time and again. Fontan had one ally when they thrived. Coimbra. Coimbra had 2 allies when they thrived. Fontan and Itorunt. It wasn't until each allied half the damn world that they started getting their asses kicked. And that is fact. 4 years of it. | ||
| − | There is too little objectivity or removing ones personal oninions/style from manual articles. If you want to sing the praises of alliances, tell people to pick one island or realm over another than the community portal is the place to write up editorials. Hell maybe Tom should add an editorial section. But it can't be in the manual, because as Joe Friday was so quick to quip ''"Just the facts Ma'am"'' are all that the manual should be. Leave the personal opinions on the side line. | + | There is too little objectivity or removing ones personal oninions/style from manual articles. If you want to sing the praises of alliances, tell people to pick one island or realm over another than the community portal is the place to write up editorials. Hell maybe Tom should add an editorial section. But it can't be in the manual, because as Joe Friday was so quick to quip ''"Just the facts Ma'am"'' are all that the manual should be. Leave the personal opinions on the side line. --[[User:ESP|Eric S P]] 6 August 2005 10:42 (CEST) |
==Writing in the second person (plural I assume)== | ==Writing in the second person (plural I assume)== | ||
| − | We can't do that in a manual. Try to be person neutral or if that is not possible third person only and avoid possessives as much as possible. We have got to get this together. | + | We can't do that in a manual. Try to be person neutral or if that is not possible third person only and avoid possessives as much as possible. We have got to get this together. --[[User:ESP|Eric S P]] 6 August 2005 10:42 (CEST) |
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Revision as of 10:42, 6 August 2005
Our discussion about styles, the Style Guide and other issues related not to what (content) but how (style).
Subjectivity in the manual
I look through and I want to rewrite everything. I look and see that realms without allies will not last long. Imagine my shock. I managed quite nicely and never lost a region with a lot of allies and half the world trying to get rid of me and my realm. It wasn't until Coimbra got a ton of allies that it ended quickly. Is it possible that we be objective in the manual and subjective in the community portal or is that just a pipe dream?
Honestly people get up in arms about style, subjectivity, flair, and (I will say it) a pissing contest in the community portal but than flash editorialize stuff all over the manual essential telling people exactly how to play the game instead of just reporting the facts. Realms, even the smallest and most strategically vulenerable do not *need* allies to do well and thrive. That has been shown time and again. Fontan had one ally when they thrived. Coimbra. Coimbra had 2 allies when they thrived. Fontan and Itorunt. It wasn't until each allied half the damn world that they started getting their asses kicked. And that is fact. 4 years of it.
There is too little objectivity or removing ones personal oninions/style from manual articles. If you want to sing the praises of alliances, tell people to pick one island or realm over another than the community portal is the place to write up editorials. Hell maybe Tom should add an editorial section. But it can't be in the manual, because as Joe Friday was so quick to quip "Just the facts Ma'am" are all that the manual should be. Leave the personal opinions on the side line. --Eric S P 6 August 2005 10:42 (CEST)
Writing in the second person (plural I assume)
We can't do that in a manual. Try to be person neutral or if that is not possible third person only and avoid possessives as much as possible. We have got to get this together. --Eric S P 6 August 2005 10:42 (CEST)
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